Transportation occupation as percent of total workers, 16
years and over

3.4%

3.4%

3.5%

3.5%

3.5%

3.5%

3.4%

3.5%

3.5%

3.4%

3.5%

3.5%

3.6%

Motor vehicle operators, total

3,298

3,618

3,704

3,726

3,850

3,879

3,900

4,024

4,090

4,069

4,202

4,222

4,356

Supervisors

51

76

80

87

84

94

87

85

95

88

86

77

88

Truck drivers

2,412

2,627

2,684

2,712

2,804

2,815

2,860

3,018

3,075

3,012

3,116

3,088

3,156

Drivers-sales workers

214

201

215

184

178

164

158

156

150

159

160

167

166

Bus drivers

394

443

469

477

506

511

526

512

472

471

490

539

571

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs

180

213

197

217

230

238

211

203

248

273

271

280

305

Parking lot attendants

45

53

53

44

41

49

50

46

46

62

68

60

61

Motor transportation occupations, NEC

2

5

6

5

7

8

8

4

4

3

11

11

9

Rail transportation, total

148

118

115

108

108

108

104

116

121

104

106

127

112

Railroad conductors and yardmasters

36

36

38

39

38

38

33

45

48

50

45

48

42

Locomotive operating occupations

59

46

44

44

45

47

51

49

53

41

45

63

61

Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators

46

28

27

20

21

19

17

15

14

7

9

11

7

Rail vehicle operators, NEC

7

8

6

5

4

4

3

7

6

6

7

5

2

Water transportation, total

59

53

61

54

61

68

66

70

52

63

57

56

59

Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats

32

27

32

26

26

30

33

32

24

22

31

38

34

Sailors and deckhands

18

18

18

16

24

27

26

25

21

30

16

14

20

Marine engineers

1

2

4

5

3

6

3

8

2

3

5

2

4

Bridge, lock, and lighthouse tenders

8

6

7

7

8

5

4

5

5

8

5

3

1

Air transportation, total

111

150

134

119

126

128

144

146

156

139

167

152

164

Airplane pilots and navigators

77

114

100

96

101

104

114

114

120

113

143

129

136

Air traffic controllers

34

36

34

23

25

24

30

32

36

26

24

23

28

Public transportation attendants

65

100

86

91

105

104

94

95

115

124

111

127

133

KEY: NEC = not elsewhere classified.

NOTES

Beginning in January 2000, data are not comparable with data for earlier years
due to new composite estimation procedures and revised controls used in the
household survey for population. See source for additional information.

The employment totals in tables 3-19 and 3-20 differ. Table 3-19 shows employment
in transportation and related industries; table 3-20 shows employment by transportation
occupation. Some employees of transportation industries have nontransportation
jobs (e.g., a bookkeeper in a trucking firm), and some people in transportation
occupations do not work in the transportation industry (e.g., a truck driver
for a construction firm).

SOURCES

All data except total workers, 16 years and over:

1985, 1990-99: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment
and Earnings (Washington, DC: Annual January issues), table 11 of the Household
Data Annual Averages Tables, Internet site http://stats.bls.gov/pdf/cpsaatab.htm
as of May 31, 2000.